'80s Redux?

Rhoda Strachan is the manager of the new 7-Eleven that will celebrate its opening today at 5101 George Washington Memorial Highway in York County.

The store is across from Washington Square.

If the opening doesn't sound particularly remarkable, then consider this: It's the first 7-Eleven to open on the Peninsula in nine years. The 5,700-store chain has more than 200 locations in Hampton Roads, but it has been closing, not adding, them in recent years.

The new store's grand opening is from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today.

The first 1,000 customers get free potato chips and Twinkies.

Free balloons and face painting will be available for kids, and a Citgo NASCAR racecar will be on display.

York County will get another 7-Eleven in April, just down Route 17 from the latest addition.

It will be at 8647 George Washington Memorial Highway, near Harrod Lane.